English
proschema
Proschema comes from Ancient Greek πρόσχημα ‘screen, cloak’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-1‘to hold’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥1reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰḗmə1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχῆμα2
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπρόσχημα3próskhēma‘screen, cloak’
- Englishtodayproschema3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχῆμα
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πρόσχημα
- 3 Wiktionary, English proschema
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχῆμα‘to hold’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχῆμαreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰḗməWiktionary, Ancient Greek σχῆμαreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχῆμαWiktionary, Ancient Greek πρόσχημα
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπρόσχημαWiktionary, English proschemapróskhēma‘screen, cloak’
- EnglishtodayproschemaWiktionary, English proschema
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’
school, severe, sketch, severity, scholar, hector, perseverance, hectic, epoch, scholastic, shul, 23 more
through Ancient Greek σχῆμα
Today it means
noun A screen or pretext for doing something, especially for waging war.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “proschema”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek σχῆμα, Ancient Greek πρόσχημα. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- / proschema